Hail events in Richland County, South Carolina The hail events on record, by date and by year

This page is a county record of past events and claims. It does not show the flood zone or the risk of an address. For the flood map of an address, use FEMA's address search (opens in a new tab).

NCEI has 231 hail events on record for Richland County, South Carolina, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 23 Feb 2024.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 46 hail events on record for the county.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Date of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. Event types on this page: Hail.

Newest hail events on record

Feb 23 2024

Hail0.50 in, marble size

1 mile SSE of ST ANDREWS. Damage estimate: $200

Hail0.25 in, pea size

At ARTHURTOWN. Damage estimate: $200

Hail0.25 in, pea size

2 miles E of ST ANDREWS. Damage estimate: $200

Hail0.25 in, pea size

2 miles ESE of CAPITOL VIEW. Damage estimate: $200

Hail0.25 in, pea size

1 mile SW of MONTGOMERY. Damage estimate: $200

Hail0.50 in, marble size

At GREENLAWN. Damage estimate: $200

Hail0.50 in, marble size

1 mile W of CAPITOL VIEW. Damage estimate: $200

Hail0.25 in, pea size

1 mile SW of COLUMBIA. Damage estimate: $200

Hail0.25 in, pea size

1 mile N of COLUMBIA. Damage estimate: $200

Jan 9 2024

Hail0.25 in, pea size

1 mile SE of SPRING HILL. Damage estimate: $200

Oct 20 2023

Hail0.25 in, pea size

1 mile SE of STATE PARK. Damage estimate: $200

Sep 7 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of BALLENTINE

Jun 16 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At GREENLAWN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of ST ANDREWS

May 21 2022

Hail0.25 in, pea size

2 miles WSW of ARTHURTOWN. Damage estimate: $20

Hail0.25 in, pea size

1 mile NNW of WOODFIELD. Damage estimate: $20

Hail0.25 in, pea size

1 mile WNW of HORREL HILL. Damage estimate: $20

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile N of FOREST ACRES

Jul 17 2021

Hail0.25 in, pea size

1 mile E of FOREST ACRES. Damage estimate: $20

Jun 14 2021

Hail0.25 in, pea size

1 mile ESE of FOREST ACRES. Damage estimate: $20

Jul 24 2020

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile SE of PONTIAC

May 24 2020

Hail0.25 in, pea size

1 mile S of CAPITOL VIEW. Damage estimate: $20

May 22 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At KILLIAN

Mar 24 2020

Hail0.70 in, marble size

1 mile S of WHITE ROCK. Damage estimate: $20

Aug 1 2019

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile W of PONTIAC AIRSTRIP ARP. Damage estimate: $20

A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. Hail size is in inches, with the object that NCEI names for that size.

Hail events by year

Hail events on record for Richland County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
1960s	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
1970s	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
1980s	0	0	1	0	10	1	3	1	9	3	28
1990s	0	1	2	1	2	10	7	7	7	8	45
2000s	5	2	2	6	7	6	10	6	21	6	71
2010s	3	11	10	0	8	3	8	8	4	2	57
2020s	4	2	6	2	10	0	0 (part of the year)				24

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

Hail events are on record from 1955. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

By month, all years

Jan2 events
Feb9 events
Mar26 events
Apr34 events
May48 events
Jun51 events
Jul41 events
Aug13 events
Sep3 events
Oct3 events
Nov0 events
Dec1 event

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Richland County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	115
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	77
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	36
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	3
4 in and larger	softball and larger	0

When listing hail size under Magnitude, e.g., 2.25 in., the hail size is given in inches and hundredths of inches. These values are assigned a size in inches from their appearance.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

An event without a size in the record is not in this table.

Beside the other counties

Hail events on record: Richland County beside the total of the counties of South Carolina and of the United States
Measure	Richland	All counties of South Carolina	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	231	6,688	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	30.5	22.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	5.5	12.9	12.8

The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. A forecast zone with another name than a county counts for the state only.

More hail events on record

Hail events on record for Richland County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
4 May 2019	Hail	0.70 in	$200	County
23 Jul 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jul 2018	Hail	0.25 in	$200	County
11 Jun 2018	Hail	0.25 in	$200	County
11 Jun 2018	Hail	0.25 in	$200	County
16 Jul 2017	Hail	0.75 in	$200	County
10 Jul 2017	Hail	0.25 in	$200	County
5 Apr 2017	Hail	0.88 in	$20	County
5 Apr 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Mar 2017	Hail	0.75 in	$20	County
30 Mar 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Mar 2017	Hail	0.75 in	$20	County
30 Mar 2017	Hail	0.50 in	$20	County
18 Jul 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jul 2016	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
17 Jun 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jun 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jun 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jun 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jun 2016	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
17 Jun 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Jun 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Apr 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Aug 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Aug 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jul 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 2014	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
23 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 May 2014	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
23 May 2014	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
2 Aug 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Aug 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
24 Mar 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jun 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 May 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 May 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
26 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	$4 thousand	County
26 Apr 2011	Hail	0.75 in	$4 thousand	County
16 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	$12 thousand	County
13 Aug 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jul 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jun 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Aug 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Aug 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Jun 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Aug 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Aug 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jul 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jul 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Mar 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Mar 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Mar 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Mar 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Mar 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Mar 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Mar 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Mar 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Mar 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Jul 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jul 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Jun 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Jun 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 Jul 1995	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	County
19 May 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 1995	Hail	1.75 in	$10 thousand	County
24 Apr 1995	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
24 Apr 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Jul 1994	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Jul 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Aug 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Mar 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Mar 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Jul 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jul 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Sep 1988	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
26 Jun 1988	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
8 Jun 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 May 1988	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 May 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 1988	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 May 1988	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 May 1988	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Apr 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Jul 1987	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Mar 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Mar 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 1985	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
25 Jul 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Jun 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 May 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 May 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 May 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 May 1984	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Mar 1984	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
28 Mar 1984	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Apr 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 1977	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Jul 1972	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 1970	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Apr 1966	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 1959	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 1959	Hail	1.75 in	none	County

The site keeps 166 of the 231 events for this page. It keeps the newest 120 events. It also keeps 80 events with the most damage, injuries or deaths. A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record.

Official channels

NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.
National Weather Service: Columbia, SC (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.

These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Hail events on record for Richland County, South Carolina". https://countyhazards.com/county/sc/richland/hail/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Questions

Which month has the most hail events on record for Richland County?: June has 51 of the 231 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for South Carolina?: NCEI has 6,692 hail events on record for South Carolina from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Richland County compare with the other counties of South Carolina?: The counties of South Carolina have 22.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Richland County has 30.5.
How large is the hail on record for Richland County?: 39 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.